Drexel is the afterthought in Philadelphia's rich college basketball scene, the sixth wheel in a metropolitan area whose other Division 1 schools are lumped into an informal cartel known as the Big Five. If they played pickup, Drexel would be the kid brother called onto the playground to even up the sides. (Full article: 1636 words)

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